The economic benefits of migration to the city is often offset by expenditure towards schooling, healthcare, food, sanitation and other services that the State is meant to provide.
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Rights, capacity and control: Debating issues around the ability and willingness of cities to extend social services
Mukta Naik on January 23rd, 2015
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Uttar Pradesh as a migration hub (PANI)
Aritra Chakrabarty on April 14th, 2014
Uttar Pradesh has traditionally remained as the centre of in-migration, particularly for labourers belonging to lower social classes. It is one of the most sought destinations and a prominent migration corridor for further out-migration. Most of the migrants work as casual and wage labourers with very limited or devoid of any educational attainment. They lack […]
Tags: Election, migrant workers and vote
Aritra Chakrabarty on April 8th, 2014
Another general election are on the corner and millions of poor people who have stepped out from their villages to far flung urban areas are busy working as migrant labourers. These migrant labourers ponder about their livelihood rather participating in the largest democratic right to vote. They are no doubt going to be excluded from […]
The ‘Invisible’ migrant worker
Aritra Chakrabarty on October 16th, 2013
Household work has never been considered work in India. It has always been the duty of the woman: wife, mother, daughter or sister to do the chores and expect no pay. No wonder then that the domestic worker is so blatantly underpaid and exploited. Almost 400 million, or 85% of the workforce of the country […]
The largest migration stream in the developing bloc
Aritra Chakrabarty on October 10th, 2013
Since Bangladesh came into existence in 1971, India has been the recipient of its overgrowing population which finds itself out of place and livelihood in the former Muslim nation state. At present, migration from Bangladesh is a combined result of social, economic, political and environmental factors. However, according to a UN report on Climate Change, […]
From poor to poorer?
Ajay Sharma on September 3rd, 2013
Even as debates on the different measures of poverty levels and poverty lines run their course, there is an uncounted population which is struggling to find its identity. This is the growing numbers of internal migrants of India that are largely invisible. The total number of migrants as per the census of India, 1971 is […]
Cash transfer in India-Will it help migrant workers?
Ajay Sharma on September 3rd, 2013
The present Government at the Centre has been quite vocal and desperate on launching Conditional Cash Transfer in India. Mr. P.Chidambaram, The Finance Minister of India has termed CCT as a big game changer for fighting corruption and protecting public money. It is claimed that under the regime of CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer), cash will […]
Policies for migrant workers
Ajay Sharma on June 15th, 2013
In India, many people migrate due to lack of opportunities in their native place. In recent years, a very high rate of internal migration has been witnessed in India. Employment, by far, remains the biggest cause of migration in the country. Maharashtra, Gujarat, the south Indian states and other states in northern parts of the […]
Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to take care of migrant labour
Ajay Sharma on June 15th, 2013
Orissa and Andhra Pradesh area all set to sign an inter-state agreement to take care of migrant labour working in unorganized sectors such as in brick kilns and construction sites. The two State governments, Union government and International Labour Organisation will be part of the institutional mechanism as envisaged under the draft agreement. The agreement […]
